Attention CRJ Students: AZ Legislative and Government Internships Available

Each spring approximately 50 students, from ASU, are selected to serve as legislative and government interns at the Legislature, Governor’s Office, Supreme Court and several other governmental agencies. Interns receive academic credit, 12 hours for undergraduates and 6-9 credit hours for graduate students, a tuition scholarship and a stipend of $4,200. The deadline is September 15, 2008, 5pm. Application materials are available online.

CRJ Classes offered at Tempe & Downtown Campuses!

ASU's School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, located at the West campus, also offers classes leading to a B.S. in Criminology and Criminal Justice at the Tempe and Downtown campuses.

National Boys and Girls Club Annual Meeting - July 2008

Scott Decker, Director of the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice was the keynote speaker at the National Boys and Girls Club Annual Meeting in Atlanta this July. Dr. Decker spoke about the challenges of responding to gangs and the role of prevention. Robert Flores, Administrator for the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and Joe Moellner, from the Boys and Girls Clubs of America presented him with a piece of art from a youth in the Atlanta Boys and Girls Club.

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Criminology and Criminal Justice

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The School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University offers a program of coursework and research leading to the Ph.D. in Criminology and Criminal Justice. This program emphasizes criminal justice theory, research, and policy. The program is designed to produce highly skilled criminology and criminal justice faculty and agency researchers and administrators.

The Ph.D. program in criminology and criminal justice is organized around five components: (1) a core of required courses in theory and research on crime and the criminal justice system; (2) a core of required courses on research methods and analytical techniques; (3) elective courses in criminology, criminal justice and related fields; (4) a comprehensive examination; and (5) a dissertation. A minimum of 84 credit hours are required to complete the degree. This includes a minimum of 72 hours of coursework and 12 hours of dissertation. A maximum of 30 hours of course work from a previously awarded master's degree or juris doctor degree may, with the approval of the supervisory committee, be applied toward the doctoral program of study.

The theory and research on crime and criminal justice core includes two required courses: Seminar on Criminological Theory and Seminar on Criminal Justice Policies and Practices. The research methods and analytical techniques core includes three required courses: Advanced Research Design; Advanced Statistical Analysis; and Special Problems in Quantitative Methods. Elective courses may include graduate courses in criminology and criminal justice and related disciplines (e.g., sociology, political science, public administration, psychology). Students will take a comprehensive examination and will write a dissertation that reflects original scholarship and contributes to the body of knowledge on in criminology and criminal justice.